[Lovesick Lake Native Women's Association]:
THE RURAL AND NATIVE HERITAGE COOKBOOK
Burleigh Falls, ON, 1985.

Pan Fried Bear Steak; Raccoon Delight; Beaver Tails in Sauce; Muskrat Hash; Buffaloaf; etc.

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SARAH BELL AND FANNY BLAKE
Religious Tract Society, London, [ca. 1839].

A gloomy abecedary in verse, each letter representing a lesson for Christian living, or cautioning against a dire sin. Diminutive vest-pocket format; illustrated with engravings.

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Aro, Pirkko:
ARABIA DESIGN.
Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, Helsinki, 1958.

Soulful artists who manufacture sensible housewares: here are brief professional bios of 26 designers at the Arabia factory in Finland, accompanied by highlights of individual craft specialties and disarmingly earnest photo portraits. Text in English.

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Carson, Byrta:
HOW YOU LOOK AND DRESS
McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1959.

"Mastery of wardrobe planning and clothing construction gives a young girl a feeling of security and poise which not only assists her economically but socially and psychologically as well."

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White, Edward T.:
A GRAPHIC VOCABULARY FOR ARCHITECTURAL PRESENTATION
Architectural Media, Tucson, 1972.

Over 800 line drawings (people, furniture, shrubbery, wall textures, etc.) to jazz up your architectural sketches... or to populate the glass penthouse of your imagination.

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CHINESE FOLK PAPER CUTS
No place, no date. [Taiwan? ca. 1970s?]

Not a book, but a folder containing nine ethereal images: theatrical figures and masks, cut from impossibly delicate sheets of tissue paper.

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Metcalf, Keyes D.:
PLANNING ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH LIBRARY BUILDINGS
McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1965.

Viewed from the digital age, no other subject looks so hopelessly obsolete. (Special ironic bonus: this copy was discarded by the library of an Ivy League university.)

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Merkulov, A.:
AUTOMATION SERVES MAN
Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, [ca. 1960].

"One cannot help being enthusiastic about the wholly automated shop for the mass production of antifriction bearings at the First State Bearings Plant in Moscow."

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Paulsen, Chas.:
BASEBALL CURVES.
Warp Publishing Co., Minden, NE, 1936.

The science and technique of tricky pitching, "written for the experimenter, student and theorist as well as for the Amateur and Professional baseball player." With many photos and graphs.

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Ashley, Roberta:
SINGERS AND SWINGERS IN THE KITCHEN
Parallax Publishing, New York, 1967.

Unchallenging recipes gathered from pop stars: the Mamas and the Papas' "Chili Esperanza"; Simon and Garfunkel's potato pancakes; Paul Anka's "Party Spaghetti"; etc.

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Farnham, Albert B.:
HOME TAXIDERMY FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT
A.R. Harding, Columbus, OH, 1916.

"Monkeys, bear cubs and alligators mounted erect with card trays are quite striking; equally so are foxes or raccoons peering over the edge of umbrella jars or waste baskets."

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THE ENGLISH DUDEN: A PICTORIAL DICTIONARY
Librairie Marcel Didier, Paris, 1960.

Learn English by pointing! Here 25,000 nouns, obsessively grouped by genus, are visually represented as line-art details in hundreds of "real world" scenarios.

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Stokhuyzen, Frederick:
THE DUTCH WINDMILL
Universe Books, New York, [ca. 1965].

The history, functional typology, mechanical design, and folk symbolism of Dutch windmills; with a 6-page technical glossary for more serious students of the subject.

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von Hagen, Conny:
ALCOA'S BOOK OF DECORATIONS
Golden Press, New York, 1959.

A creative way to increase your aluminum foil consumption: fold, crumple, and sculpt it into animal puppets, Halloween masks, Christmas angels, bridal centerpieces...

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DESIGN FOR MODERN LIVING: STORES, SHOPPING CENTERS, SHOWROOMS.
F.W. Dodge Corp., New York, 1954.

The architectural locus of American consumerism (shoes in Hackensack, men's wear in Houston, watches in Beverly Hills, etc.) at the zenith of its confidence and sex-appeal. With hundreds of photos and floor plans.

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Westermeier, Clifford P.:
MAN, BEAST, DUST: THE STORY OF RODEO
World Press, [Denver?], 1948.

With sections on early stampedes and round-ups; famous bucking horses; the bull riding event; rodeo superstitions; cowboy hats, boots, and spurs; rodeo announcers; "thrill circuses"; and much more.

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Gíslason, Gylfi:
THE PROBLEM OF BEING AN ICELANDER: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Almenna Bókafélagio, Reykjavík, 1973.

A dilemma facing approximately one in every 23,000 living humans. (Text in English.)

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SPORTSMANLIKE DRIVING
American Automobile Association, Washington, 1958.

"Man is reduced to a weak and foolish-looking creature when the power he is supposed to be directing runs away with him."

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Booth, Joy:
COOKING FOR CAMPERS
Paul Hamlyn, Feltham, UK, 1968.

Suitable for only the very most advanced campwives: recipes for stuffed egg salad, ragoût of pigs' kidneys, sweet pepper and bacon risotto, honey soufflé omelette, etc.

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Vagale, L.R. and O.C. Adekoya:
INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT OF A NIGERIAN CITY: CASE STUDY OF IBADAN
The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1974.

"Smoke, dust, noise, heat, glare, vibration, toxic effluents and chimney outfalls tend to pose a threat to the health and well-being of the community." With many graphs and photos.

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